Lockheed Martin gets Chinese air traffic control deal

Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $10.7 million contract to provide seven air traffic control automation systems to China, one of the world's fastest growing regional airspaces, the company announced Jan. 30.

The Bethesda, Md., company's air traffic management unit received the contract from Incom, a subsidiary of China National Instruments Import and Export Corp. Lockheed Martin will tailor SkyLine, its air traffic control system, for Chinese airspace.

The contract is the fourth SkyLine sale in China and the seventh for the company in the Asia-Pacific region. Under a contract completed in 2001, Lockheed Martin installed systems in Shanghai, Nanchang and Hangzhou. Late last year, SkyLine was placed into service at the new Incheon airport in South Korea.

The company also is under contract to replace the air traffic control system in New Zealand with SkyLine by 2003. Other SkyLine systems are operating in Scotland and Argentina. The short-term conflict alert systems in Germany are based on SkyLine's air traffic control applications.